Growing Peas in a Cold Climate: Sowing, Support and Harvest
When to sow peas in a short season, shelling vs snap vs snow peas, support, watering and picking at peak sweetness.
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Growing Radishes: Spring and Fall Crops in a Short Season
When to sow radishes for spring and fall crops, why to skip midsummer, and how to avoid woody, hot or leafy radishes.
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Growing Beets in a Cold Climate: Sowing, Thinning and Avoiding Bolting
When to sow beets, why seedlings come up in clumps, how to stop them bolting, and when to harvest roots and greens.
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Growing Onions in a Short Season: Sets, Seeds and Storage Types
Sets, seeds or transplants? How to grow onions in a cold climate, which types mature in time, and how to harvest them for storage.
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Growing Kale in a Cold Climate: From Spring Transplants to Fall Frost
How to grow kale from seed or transplants in a short season, keep flea beetles off, and harvest from summer until snow.
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Growing Parsnips in a Cold Climate: Sowing, Frost and Overwintering
Parsnips are slow but love the cold. How to sow them for good germination, when to harvest after frost, and how to overwinter them.
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Growing Carrots in a Cold Climate: Sowing, Thinning and Harvest
When to sow carrots in a short-season garden, how to get the seed to germinate, the best types for your soil, and when to harvest.
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Growing Pumpkins on the Prairies and Other Short-Season Gardens
Early pumpkin varieties, when to start and plant them, and how to get them orange before the first fall frost.
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Growing Winter Squash in a Short Season: Best Types and Timing
Which winter squash ripen in a short northern season, when to start and plant them, and how to harvest and store them.